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It’s been decades since beer commercials were allowed on NFL (and other leagues) TV games broadcasts. Then a few years ago, ...
Just this past April Brent Musburger received the Pete Rozelle award for “longtime exceptional contributions to radio and ...
CURT SMITH is the author of 18 books, including Voices of The Game, recently named by Esquire magazine among “the 100 Best Baseball Books Ever Written.” His latest is the official Hall of Fame book, ...
Bill Brown: “After 30 years with the Astros, I thought it was time – before fans get critical” Longtime MLB Voice: "Play-by-play is probably the only job other than Supreme Court Justice that allows ...
Top 20 Sideline Reporters All-Time: (Editor’s Note: Marcus Gronauer spent a chunk of time doing a multi-part series on sideline reporters. He studied the history of sideline reporting which dates back ...
Sideline Reporting: Underappreciated or Unnecessary? The early history and those who fashioned the role The first two, Jim Lampley and Don Tollefson, were students when hired to work a 1974 ABC ...
Longtime network TV executive Kevin O'Malley helped pluck the rights to the NCAA Tournament from NBC 40 years ago. He takes us through the interesting granular that landed CBS the rights, beginning in ...
When we began celebrating broadcasting’s 100th birthday, it was a salute to radio, born in 1921. American ingenuity began focusing on television before the war. But it wasn’t until after the war that ...
Little has been said. The subject himself didn't realize it. Fifty years ago, Bill White, 87, was hired by the Yankees. He was the first Black play-by-play announcer hired by a professional team.
Lesley Visser on sideline reporters: “It’s kind of become a metaphor for ‘female dumping ground’” Pioneer was first woman assigned an NFL beat by a major daily; Visser later became network TV's first ...
Lots of broadcast changes during the NBA off-season. It starts with the retirement of multi-decade voice, Marv Albert. Here are the changes and a full list of this year's announcers which includes two ...
Remembering a legend: Les Keiter, born 100 years ago, called big events and coined colorful phrases Creative announcer called football, basketball and recreated baseball; He did blow-by-blow of ...